Journal: Post-Partisan Encounters–Huckabee & Huffington

Arianna visited Mike Huckabee’s eponymous show this weekend, finding plenty of common ground with the Fox News host and former Republican governor from Arkansas.

“Basically we went from a country that made things to a country that made things up: CDOs, credit default swaps, toxic derivatives,” said Arianna. “Wall Street became a casino. And we the taxpayers bailed them out. That’s where you and I agree.”

The pair also agreed on the problems with Fannie and Freddie, the need to improve America’s crumbling infrastructure, and even shared some quips about their accents.

Phi Beta Iota: This is the first sign we have seen of intelligent life in broadcasting–if these two decent people can extend the dialog and maintain the focus on reality-based affordable holistic policy, they could be game-changers.